Cognitive Science transfer requirements: De Anza College → UC San Diego

These are the lower-division Cognitive Science courses UC San Diego expects you to finish before you transfer, taken from the 2025–26 ASSIST agreement, and matched to the De Anza College courses that satisfy each one.

Also searched as: UCSD.

11UC San Diego requirements
11have a De Anza College match
16offered this year

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Course-by-course articulation

UC San Diego requirementDe Anza College course that satisfies it
MATH 10A Calculus IMATH 12
MATH 20A Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1Aor MATH 1AH
MATH 20B Calculus for Science and EngineeringMATH 1BHor MATH 1B
MATH 18 Linear AlgebraMATH 2BHor MATH 2B
COGS 14A Introduction to Research MethodsPSYC 2
COGS 14B Introduction to Statistical AnalysisPSYC 15or STAT C1000
COGS 17 Neurobiology of CognitionPSYC 24
COGS 18 Introduction to PythonCIS 40
CSE 11 Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving - Accelerated PaceCIS 36Bor CIS 35A
CSE 8A Introduction to Programming and Computational Problem Solving ICIS 36Aor CIS 40or CIS 22A
CSE 6R Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: PythonCIS 41A

Verify this list on ASSIST.org before you register: choose De Anza College as your sending institution, UC San Diego as the receiving institution, and Cognitive Science as the major. ASSIST is the only official source, and agreements change between catalog years.

Which of these you can actually take in 2025–26

Matched against the official De Anza College schedule for 2026 Fall and 2027 Winter. Seat status changes daily — the planner shows the live figures.

CourseTermCRNInstructorStatus
MATH 122026 Fall27562Cheryl BalmOpen
MATH 122026 Fall27563Reza ShariatmadariClosed
MATH 122027 Winter38511STAFF, MOpen
MATH 122027 Winter38512STAFF, MOpen
MATH 1A2026 Fall27469STAFFClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27470Zack JudsonWaitlist
MATH 1A2026 Fall27482Karina ChoClosed
MATH 1A2026 Fall27471James MailhotWaitlist
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29061James MailhotOpen
MATH 1AH2026 Fall29064Doli BambhaniaOpen
MATH 1BH2026 Fall29096Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall27489Kejian ShiOpen
MATH 1B2026 Fall27491STAFFClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall27493Usha GaneshalingamClosed
MATH 1B2026 Fall27496Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 2BH2026 Fall29063James MailhotOpen
MATH 2BH2026 Fall29098Roderic TaylorOpen
MATH 2B2026 Fall27517James MailhotOpen
MATH 2B2026 Fall27518Roderic TaylorClosed
MATH 2B2026 Fall28070Lucian SegaClosed
MATH 2B2027 Winter38483James MailhotOpen
PSYC 22026 Fall25900Susan ThomasOpen
PSYC 22026 Fall27213Taiki KondoClosed
PSYC 22026 Fall28721Trevor BasilClosed
PSYC 22027 Winter31616Susan ThomasOpen
PSYC 152026 Fall02162Mark HealyWaitlist
PSYC 152026 Fall26464Christopher OlsenClosed
PSYC 152027 Winter01886Mark HealyOpen
PSYC 152027 Winter36876STAFF, MOpen
STAT C10002026 Fall28616Rani FischerWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28620Jelena SeganClosed
STAT C10002026 Fall28623Vinh NguyenWaitlist
STAT C10002026 Fall28621Amanda LienWaitlist
PSYC 242026 Fall25894Shannon HassettOpen
PSYC 242026 Fall29046Shannon HassettClosed
PSYC 242026 Fall28009Shannon HassettClosed
PSYC 242027 Winter01887Shannon HassettOpen
CIS 402026 Fall25935Yau LauClosed
CIS 402026 Fall26032Doug CaseClosed
CIS 402026 Fall24578Jennifer ParrishClosed
CIS 402026 Fall26035Mirsaeid AbolghasemiClosed
CIS 36B2027 Winter34090STAFF, MOpen
CIS 35A2026 Fall00485Mohammed AkhoirshidaOpen
CIS 35A2026 Fall23382Sukhjit SinghClosed
CIS 35A2027 Winter00450STAFF, MOpen
CIS 35A2027 Winter40014STAFF, MOpen
CIS 22A2026 Fall21713Abeer AlameerWaitlist
CIS 22A2026 Fall21714Abeer AlameerWaitlist
CIS 22A2026 Fall21716Anita WhitehillOpen
CIS 22A2026 Fall27781Alexandre StoykovClosed
CIS 41A2026 Fall24090Mirsaeid AbolghasemiOpen
CIS 41A2026 Fall26033Mohammed AkhoirshidaClosed
CIS 41A2027 Winter37957Clare NguyenOpen
CIS 41A2027 Winter35651Mirsaeid AbolghasemiOpen
ASSIST is the official source for UC articulation, but it tells you which courses count, not when they run or who teaches them. The planner puts both together and warns you about time conflicts.
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